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1. News Analysis:
From Theory to Practice
Maureen Freeman
Washington, D.C. area program coordinator
April 8, 2014

2. Comprehension
+
Analysis
=
Literacy

3. Comprehension
+
Analysis
=
Literacy

4. Comprehension
+
Analysis
=
Literacy

5. Authorship
Purpose
Content

6. Authorship
Purpose
Content

7. Authorship
Purpose
Content

9. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know

10. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline

11. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline

12. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline

13. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline
Exclusive: Radar data
suggests missing Malaysia
plane deliberately flown way
off course - sources
By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 14, 2014

14. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline
Exclusive: Radar data
suggests missing Malaysia
plane deliberately flown way
off course - sources
By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 14, 2014

15. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline
Exclusive: Radar data
suggests missing Malaysia
plane deliberately flown way
off course - sources
By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 14, 2014
Malaysian Flight 370:‘Most Promising Leads Yet’Discovered In SearchHollywood LifeSun., March 30, 2014

16. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline
Exclusive: Radar data
suggests missing Malaysia
plane deliberately flown way
off course - sources
By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 14, 2014
Malaysian Flight 370:‘Most Promising Leads Yet’Discovered In SearchHollywood LifeSun., March 30, 2014

17. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline
Exclusive: Radar data
suggests missing Malaysia
plane deliberately flown way
off course - sources
By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 14, 2014
Malaysian Flight 370:‘Most Promising Leads Yet’Discovered In SearchHollywood LifeSun., March 30, 2014
Black-Box
Detector JoiningMalaysia Jet
Search

18. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline
Exclusive: Radar data
suggests missing Malaysia
plane deliberately flown way
off course - sources
By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 14, 2014
Malaysian Flight 370:‘Most Promising Leads Yet’Discovered In SearchHollywood LifeSun., March 30, 2014
Black-Box
Detector JoiningMalaysia Jet
Search

19. Missing Malaysia plane:
What we know
Missing-Jet Mystery:
Flight 370 Timeline
Exclusive: Radar data
suggests missing Malaysia
plane deliberately flown way
off course - sources
By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 14, 2014
Malaysian Flight 370:‘Most Promising Leads Yet’Discovered In SearchHollywood LifeSun., March 30, 2014
Black-Box
Detector JoiningMalaysia Jet
Search
Malaysian Flight MH370: Black
holes, aliens and trips to the Moon -
online theories

20. http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1753.htm

21. http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1753.htm

22. Authorship
and
Accountability

23. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MALAYSIA_PLANE_SPOTTER
S?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

24. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MALAYSIA_PLANE_SPOTTER
S?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
byline

25. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MALAYSIA_PLANE_SPOTTER
S?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
byline

26. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MALAYSIA_PLANE_SPOTTER
S?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
date
byline

27. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MALAYSIA_PLANE_SPOTTER
S?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
date
byline
dateline

28. http://www.businessinsider.com/even-norway-is-pitching-in-to-comb-the-indian-
ocean-for-malaysia-flight-370-2014-3

29. http://www.businessinsider.com/even-norway-is-pitching-in-to-comb-the-indian-
ocean-for-malaysia-flight-370-2014-3
photo
credit

30. http://www.businessinsider.com/even-norway-is-pitching-in-to-comb-the-indian-
ocean-for-malaysia-flight-370-2014-3
photo
credit
clarifying
caption

33. To contact Bloomberg News staff responsible for this story:
K. Oanh Ha in Hanoi at +84-4-3938-8940 or oha3@bloomberg.net;
Chong Pooi Koon in Kuala Lumpur at +60-3-2302-7854 or
pchong17@bloomberg.net; Ranjeetha Pakiam in Kuala Lumpur at
+60-3-2302-7856 or rpakiam@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Anand
Krishnamoorthy at anandk@bloomberg.net
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-11/malaysia-probes-hijack-to-
sabotage-terror-not-ruled-out.html
China Satellite Seeking Missing Jet
Finds Objects at Sea

34. To err is human…

35. To err is human…
- Deadlines - Complexity
- Breaking news - Human error
- Unreliable sources

36. To err is human…
- Deadlines - Complexity
- Breaking news - Human error
- Unreliable sources

37. To err is human…
- Deadlines - Complexity
- Breaking news - Human error
- Unreliable sources

38. To err is human…
- Deadlines - Complexity
- Breaking news - Human error
- Unreliable sources

39. To err is human…
- Deadlines - Complexity
- Breaking news - Human error
- Unreliable sources

40. To err is human…
- Deadlines - Complexity
- Breaking news - Human error
- Unreliable sources
“Journalism is
the first rough draft of history.”

41. Correction: Work Colleges story
By Associated Press, Published: March 31
CRAFTSBURY, Vt. — In a story March 30 about
colleges that allow students to work off their tuition,
The Associated Press erroneously reported the
location of Ecclesia College. It is in Arkansas, not
Arizona.

42. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/corrections/
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43. Purpose

46. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/malaysia-airlines-flight-
this-n-201431991420818737.html

47. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/malaysia-airlines-flight-
this-n-201431991420818737.html

48. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-malaysia-air-flight-370-new-
search-garbage-oceans-20140328,0,1897315.story#axzz2xgZEVcIC

49. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-malaysia-air-flight-370-new-
search-garbage-oceans-20140328,0,1897315.story#axzz2xgZEVcIC

50. Content

51. By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:12pm GMT
(Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a
missing jetliner had crashed into the
Indian Ocean, an announcement that was
greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives
of those on board and a demand by China
that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence
it had on the incident.
Citing groundbreaking satellite-data
analysis by the British company Inmarsat,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said
that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which
vanished more than a fortnight ago while
flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/uk-malaysia-airlines-idUKBREA2I1LB20140324
crashed thousands of miles away in the
southern Indian Ocean.
His statement may go some way
toward tamping down some of the
more fevered speculation about the
plane's fate, including one theory some
grief-stricken relatives had seized on:
that the plane had been hijacked and
forced to land somewhere.
All 239 people on board were
presumed dead, airline officials said on
Monday.
Najib's announcement opens the way
for what could be one of the most
costly and challenging air crash
investigations in history. ….
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence

52. By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:12pm GMT
(Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a
missing jetliner had crashed into the
Indian Ocean, an announcement that was
greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives
of those on board and a demand by China
that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence
it had on the incident.
Citing groundbreaking satellite-data
analysis by the British company Inmarsat,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said
that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which
vanished more than a fortnight ago while
flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/uk-malaysia-airlines-idUKBREA2I1LB20140324
crashed thousands of miles away in the
southern Indian Ocean.
His statement may go some way
toward tamping down some of the
more fevered speculation about the
plane's fate, including one theory some
grief-stricken relatives had seized on:
that the plane had been hijacked and
forced to land somewhere.
All 239 people on board were
presumed dead, airline officials said on
Monday.
Najib's announcement opens the way
for what could be one of the most
costly and challenging air crash
investigations in history. ….
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence

53. By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:12pm GMT
(Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a
missing jetliner had crashed into the
Indian Ocean, an announcement that was
greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives
of those on board and a demand by China
that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence
it had on the incident.
Citing groundbreaking satellite-data
analysis by the British company Inmarsat,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said
that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which
vanished more than a fortnight ago while
flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/uk-malaysia-airlines-idUKBREA2I1LB20140324
crashed thousands of miles away in the
southern Indian Ocean.
His statement may go some way
toward tamping down some of the
more fevered speculation about the
plane's fate, including one theory some
grief-stricken relatives had seized on:
that the plane had been hijacked and
forced to land somewhere.
All 239 people on board were
presumed dead, airline officials said on
Monday.
Najib's announcement opens the way
for what could be one of the most
costly and challenging air crash
investigations in history. ….
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence

54. By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:12pm GMT
(Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a
missing jetliner had crashed into the
Indian Ocean, an announcement that was
greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives
of those on board and a demand by China
that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence
it had on the incident.
Citing groundbreaking satellite-data
analysis by the British company Inmarsat,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said
that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which
vanished more than a fortnight ago while
flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/uk-malaysia-airlines-idUKBREA2I1LB20140324
crashed thousands of miles away in the
southern Indian Ocean.
His statement may go some way
toward tamping down some of the
more fevered speculation about the
plane's fate, including one theory some
grief-stricken relatives had seized on:
that the plane had been hijacked and
forced to land somewhere.
All 239 people on board were
presumed dead, airline officials said on
Monday.
Najib's announcement opens the way
for what could be one of the most
costly and challenging air crash
investigations in history. ….
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence

55. By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:12pm GMT
(Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a
missing jetliner had crashed into the
Indian Ocean, an announcement that was
greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives
of those on board and a demand by China
that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence
it had on the incident.
Citing groundbreaking satellite-data
analysis by the British company Inmarsat,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said
that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which
vanished more than a fortnight ago while
flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/uk-malaysia-airlines-idUKBREA2I1LB20140324
crashed thousands of miles away in the
southern Indian Ocean.
His statement may go some way
toward tamping down some of the
more fevered speculation about the
plane's fate, including one theory some
grief-stricken relatives had seized on:
that the plane had been hijacked and
forced to land somewhere.
All 239 people on board were
presumed dead, airline officials said on
Monday.
Najib's announcement opens the way
for what could be one of the most
costly and challenging air crash
investigations in history. ….
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence

56. By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:12pm GMT
(Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a
missing jetliner had crashed into the
Indian Ocean, an announcement that was
greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives
of those on board and a demand by China
that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence
it had on the incident.
Citing groundbreaking satellite-data
analysis by the British company Inmarsat,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said
that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which
vanished more than a fortnight ago while
flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/uk-malaysia-airlines-idUKBREA2I1LB20140324
crashed thousands of miles away in the
southern Indian Ocean.
His statement may go some way
toward tamping down some of the
more fevered speculation about the
plane's fate, including one theory some
grief-stricken relatives had seized on:
that the plane had been hijacked and
forced to land somewhere.
All 239 people on board were
presumed dead, airline officials said on
Monday.
Najib's announcement opens the way
for what could be one of the most
costly and challenging air crash
investigations in history. ….
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence

57. By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:12pm GMT
(Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a
missing jetliner had crashed into the
Indian Ocean, an announcement that was
greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives
of those on board and a demand by China
that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence
it had on the incident.
Citing groundbreaking satellite-data
analysis by the British company Inmarsat,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said
that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which
vanished more than a fortnight ago while
flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/uk-malaysia-airlines-idUKBREA2I1LB20140324
crashed thousands of miles away in the
southern Indian Ocean.
His statement may go some way
toward tamping down some of the
more fevered speculation about the
plane's fate, including one theory some
grief-stricken relatives had seized on:
that the plane had been hijacked and
forced to land somewhere.
All 239 people on board were
presumed dead, airline officials said on
Monday.
Najib's announcement opens the way
for what could be one of the most
costly and challenging air crash
investigations in history. ….
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence

58. By Niluksi Koswanage and Siva Govindasamy
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:12pm GMT
(Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a
missing jetliner had crashed into the
Indian Ocean, an announcement that was
greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives
of those on board and a demand by China
that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence
it had on the incident.
Citing groundbreaking satellite-data
analysis by the British company Inmarsat,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said
that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which
vanished more than a fortnight ago while
flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, had
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/uk-malaysia-airlines-idUKBREA2I1LB20140324
crashed thousands of miles away in the
southern Indian Ocean.
His statement may go some way
toward tamping down some of the
more fevered speculation about the
plane's fate, including one theory some
grief-stricken relatives had seized on:
that the plane had been hijacked and
forced to land somewhere.
All 239 people on board were
presumed dead, airline officials said on
Monday.
Najib's announcement opens the way
for what could be one of the most
costly and challenging air crash
investigations in history. ….
Malaysia says jet crashed in sea; China wants evidence

59. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MALAYSIA_PLANE_WHAT_W
E_KNOW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

60. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/world/asia/malaysia
-airlines-flight-370.html
Jet Fell Into Ocean With All Lost,
Premier Says
By THOMAS FULLER and CHRIS BUCKLEY
THE NEW YORK TIMES
MARCH 24, 2014
Sources
How do you know
what you know?

61. Did you find these sources in the report?:
- Officials of Inmarsat, the British satellite company
- Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak
- passengers’ relatives
- investigators
- Li Chengpeng, a popular Chinese social critic
- Australian military officials
- a former Boeing instructor pilot
- Malaysian officials
- Australian authorities
- Erik van Sebille, Australian oceanographer
- United States Pacific Command
- eyewitnesses at the Lido Hotel

62. http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1753.htm

69. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1
Cite strong and thorough
textual evidence to support analysis
of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn
from the text, including determining
where the text leaves matters uncertain.

70. www.factcheck.org
www.politifact.org
www.snopes.com